WEBVTT - Christian Interviews Jerry Seinfeld

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<v Speaker 1>So jur the next twenty odd minutes on a show

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<v Speaker 1>we are joined by Jerry Seinfeld won the World's Best Comedians,

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<v Speaker 1>not as best comedians, but postly for me, I think

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<v Speaker 1>one of the very best to ever do it. I

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<v Speaker 1>shot Ricky Gervas and email over the weekend because I

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<v Speaker 1>know the two of them friends, and I said, look,

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<v Speaker 1>you know who do you think who's on the mount

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<v Speaker 1>Rushmore of stand up comedians? And he said, you start

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<v Speaker 1>with Jerry. Jerry's one of the greatest stand up comedians.

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<v Speaker 1>You can see a topic Jerry does a topic, say

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<v Speaker 1>about marriage, which every comedian's probably done their take on marriage,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's something about the way Jerry Seinfeld does it

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<v Speaker 1>where it's like he goes back down the mine that

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<v Speaker 1>so many comics have been down and we'll do again,

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<v Speaker 1>and finds a different scene down there, or a different

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<v Speaker 1>way of doing the gold or bringing back gold back

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<v Speaker 1>up about it. I saw him live about five years

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<v Speaker 1>ago and he did this twenty minute routine about marriage

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<v Speaker 1>and it was so like the final take on it.

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<v Speaker 1>In this stadium is playing in London, fifteen thousand people.

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<v Speaker 1>Every single professional stand up comedian in the UK was there.

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<v Speaker 1>We're all there, and then all the writers Jesse was

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<v Speaker 1>there was written succession, every single comedy writers there, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>in amongst fifteen thousand fans, and you can all see

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<v Speaker 1>the comedians all looking at each other. I'm not even

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<v Speaker 1>gonna bother doing anything about marriage anymore. Jerry's just even

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<v Speaker 1>the definitive word. And also the sitcom Seinfeld. Even if

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<v Speaker 1>if you see it on TV, it's on stan just

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<v Speaker 1>twenty minutes, half an half, you want an instant way

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<v Speaker 1>to cheer yourself up, it is one of the best

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<v Speaker 1>sort of natural antidepressants you can give yourself. Watch half

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<v Speaker 1>our episode, any of them of Seinfeld, one the best

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<v Speaker 1>sitcoms ever. So to me, I think he's a truly

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<v Speaker 1>gifted guy. And this book he's got out, which is

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<v Speaker 1>why it's chatting to us and why he's doing promotion

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<v Speaker 1>at the moment. The book's got out. The moment is

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<v Speaker 1>all of his stand up routines over the last forty

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<v Speaker 1>five years. He breaks it up with a fresh chapter

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<v Speaker 1>about each decade he did stand up, going back to

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<v Speaker 1>the seventies. What's really interesting is when you read the

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<v Speaker 1>routines on the page you're reading it in Jerry's very

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<v Speaker 1>distinctive voice. You kind of got Jerry's in a monologue

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<v Speaker 1>in your head. But what's great is it gives you

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<v Speaker 1>appreciation of the real raft that he puts into stand

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<v Speaker 1>up He's got such a very precise way of using

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<v Speaker 1>language to turn a phrase to unlock an even bigger

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<v Speaker 1>laugh that sometimes I was reading some of the lines

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<v Speaker 1>on there, just staring off at a distance, going on, wow,

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<v Speaker 1>how did he come up with that? You appreciate what

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<v Speaker 1>approach he's got to his craft, you know, stand up

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<v Speaker 1>comedy and turn it into an art form. So anyway,

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<v Speaker 1>here's our two part interview to the next twenty minutes

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<v Speaker 1>with Jerry Seinfeld. It's the only interview he's doing on

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<v Speaker 1>Australian radio and I hope you enjoy it. Let me

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<v Speaker 1>know what you think now, ladies and gentlemen.

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<v Speaker 2>Ladies.

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<v Speaker 1>You know an Australian radio exclusive they called Jerry Seinfeld

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<v Speaker 1>the nicestuy in Hollywood. Christian O'Connell show proudly presents Jerry Jerry, Jerry.

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry, Yes, Jerry Seinfeld, Jerry, Jerry's Seinfeld. Here's the always

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<v Speaker 2>entertaining Jerry Seinfeld.

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<v Speaker 1>Christian O'Connell, Jerry Seinfeld welcome to the show. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much for freeing out some time so to.

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<v Speaker 2>Be on the air and my beloved Australia.

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<v Speaker 1>So listen, where about to you right now? Are you

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<v Speaker 1>a home Jerry?

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<v Speaker 2>I am at home? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>And are you sick to death now of this kind

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<v Speaker 1>of at home showbis? Do you just want to get

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<v Speaker 1>back out to actually proper showbis because showbiz doesn't belong

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<v Speaker 1>indoors in our homes, does it?

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry agree, I'm sick of it. Don't just stop, just

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<v Speaker 2>say we'll be back when things are normal. How sick

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<v Speaker 2>are you of hearing the social distance? And wear a

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<v Speaker 2>mask and wash your hands. We get it already.

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<v Speaker 1>And also we're just sick of seeing inside everybody else's homes.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to rearrange that bookcase so that you look intelligent.

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<v Speaker 1>You've got to like set dress your home of it.

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<v Speaker 1>You must be sick of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think if you're going to have those if

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<v Speaker 2>you have to prove you've read those books, believe to prove.

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<v Speaker 1>It should be a test that this's conducted mid interview.

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<v Speaker 2>It be some verification that those are your books and

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<v Speaker 2>you read them.

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<v Speaker 1>And you're so smart, and is it hard with your teenagers.

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<v Speaker 1>Are your kids all back at home? Jerry?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, they're in and out. They're in and out.

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<v Speaker 1>Because it's hard with teenager. I've got teenage daughters and

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<v Speaker 1>we're still in lockdown here in Melbourne, and teenagers just

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<v Speaker 1>seem to have this innate sense where they want to

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<v Speaker 1>get away from you, don't they so trapping them in

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<v Speaker 1>It's like wild animals. It's hard, isn't it.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, it is. I get a huge kick out of

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<v Speaker 2>it because I remember being like that. You know this

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<v Speaker 2>forget about you think why as a parent, you think,

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<v Speaker 2>why would they want to get away from me? I

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<v Speaker 2>love them so much? Don't they like that? No? They

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<v Speaker 2>hate that. They hate it.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember years ago when they were younger, they would

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<v Speaker 1>get so excited when I were coming from work. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>when you just appear in the they're just like, oh,

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<v Speaker 1>what are you doing here?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it's so great to be on the other side

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<v Speaker 2>of it.

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<v Speaker 1>How did you take to being a dad, Jerry? Did

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<v Speaker 1>it come naturally? Was that something you worked at?

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<v Speaker 2>I had to work at it. I mean I enjoyed

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<v Speaker 2>it enormously, but I had no idea that there were

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<v Speaker 2>things expected of me, there were duties, and responsibilities that

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<v Speaker 2>came along with us.

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<v Speaker 1>Standard was a very selfish, lonely pursuit.

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<v Speaker 2>You look at you know, so I'm still still happiest

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<v Speaker 2>like that. I very much like to be alone by myself,

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<v Speaker 2>very happy.

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<v Speaker 1>But then you've got to reconcile that with your wife

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<v Speaker 1>needing you to go and do stuff with the kids

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<v Speaker 1>and take them school shoe sharpage.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, really there was some There was a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of friction there as I recall, can you help me please?

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<v Speaker 2>And I would think with what you seem to be

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<v Speaker 2>doing fine?

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you think the difference is now is

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<v Speaker 1>a dad between when they were younger, as young kids

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<v Speaker 1>and now as teenagers. It's a very It's kind of

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<v Speaker 1>like two different periods of being a dad, isn't there

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<v Speaker 1>There's the younger kids and now the teenagers.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I'm good at this part.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's more enjoyable this part. Why do you enjoy

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<v Speaker 1>this bit more, Jerry?

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<v Speaker 2>Because I like to argue, I like to debate, and

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<v Speaker 2>and I like to be judgmental. That's very useful, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>But moms, by the time the kid gets to the teens,

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<v Speaker 2>moms have had it. They're sick of it. But I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just waking up now. I'm just getting into it now.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like you've come out of hibernation, right.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I was sitting there reading a magazine for

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<v Speaker 2>the first fifteen years.

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<v Speaker 1>Jerry, I loved your book. Is this anything? I thought

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<v Speaker 1>it was great? This year you had the Netflix special

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<v Speaker 1>and now you've got the book. You're in your mid sixties.

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<v Speaker 1>Is there a feeling that you want to have some

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<v Speaker 1>kind of permanent document of what you did?

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<v Speaker 2>Bullseye? That is exactly right. That's why I did both

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<v Speaker 2>of these things, just because for myself, I wanted to

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<v Speaker 2>feel like I handed in my final paper of my career.

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<v Speaker 2>And I hope to do lots more things and be

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<v Speaker 2>around a lot longer. But I thought this, I need

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<v Speaker 2>to put this down on record, just for my own

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<v Speaker 2>sense of completion.

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<v Speaker 1>And are you happy now at sixty six? Do you

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<v Speaker 1>know who you are more than when you were in

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<v Speaker 1>your twenty or your thirties?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Sure, I think most people would say that.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, because you care less ways that. Do you care

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<v Speaker 1>less about what people think about you?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? For sure, not that I ever really did that much,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I care what audiences think. Yeah, but

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<v Speaker 2>somebody asked me recently about some critic who wrote something

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<v Speaker 2>is like, there's nothing less important to a comedian than

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<v Speaker 2>a critic. We already everyone in the audience is a critic.

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<v Speaker 2>And I don't think these critics understand when they write

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<v Speaker 2>a review of your show. We've already left town with

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<v Speaker 2>the money. Picture me on a plane with the cat.

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<v Speaker 1>And when did it all start? Jerry? You must have

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<v Speaker 1>gone into comedy at a young age. Who is it that? Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>who is it first lit that little fire in you?

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<v Speaker 1>That spark? Or maybe I could do this, or there's

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<v Speaker 1>a power to it.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, honestly, I never thought I could do it. I

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<v Speaker 2>never thought I could do it. They were like Olympic

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<v Speaker 2>athletes to me. I just I don't know how they

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<v Speaker 2>do that. You know, when you watch the Olympics, we

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<v Speaker 2>see these people, we recognize that they're humans, right, they're

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<v Speaker 2>like us. They're humans. But that's that's the only group

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<v Speaker 2>that we're both a part of. Other than that, they're

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<v Speaker 2>they're completely freakish humans. So that's what comedians were to me.

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<v Speaker 2>And I never thought I had any particular talent for it.

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<v Speaker 2>I just loved it, though.

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<v Speaker 1>And did you at a young age? Did you start

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<v Speaker 1>to write comedy out. Would you write jokes that you

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<v Speaker 1>saw on the edge side of and show.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, I would write them down. I'd write jokes on

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<v Speaker 2>TV that I saw that I liked that, I would

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<v Speaker 2>write it down to remember it, which I found out

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<v Speaker 2>my father also did when he was young. He when

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<v Speaker 2>he was in the army. He was in World War

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<v Speaker 2>Two in the Pacific, in the Philippines, not that far

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<v Speaker 2>from Australia, and I remember him telling me like, as

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<v Speaker 2>you could easily imagine being in a war effort like

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<v Speaker 2>that so far from home for years at a time,

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<v Speaker 2>the jokes must have traveled through those groups of people.

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<v Speaker 2>It must have been one of their great tools of survival.

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<v Speaker 2>And my father would keep them in a little metal box.

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<v Speaker 2>He would write them down. It was more joke jokes,

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<v Speaker 2>you know that people used to tell a lot in

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<v Speaker 2>the old days, and he used to keep a track

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<v Speaker 2>of them. So that certainly was something that he handed

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<v Speaker 2>down to me, was this appreciation of jokes as something

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<v Speaker 2>more than just, you know, any other type of conversation.

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<v Speaker 1>So growing up in your house was laughter or important

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<v Speaker 1>with mom and dad.

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<v Speaker 2>Funny, oh yeah, yeah, very funny my dad particularly, but

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<v Speaker 2>my mom was a great laugher. She just howled at

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<v Speaker 2>all this stuff my father did. My father used to

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<v Speaker 2>always talk about dying and make fun of that, and

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<v Speaker 2>you know, he used to talk about the type of

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<v Speaker 2>box that he wanted, and my mother would say stop, stop.

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<v Speaker 1>But then where does he go from this love of

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<v Speaker 1>comedy and of being in awe of its magical powers

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<v Speaker 1>and then going to do your actual first stand up gigs?

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, how old are you when you did your

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<v Speaker 1>first gig get characterizing Star?

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<v Speaker 2>I guess, let's see, that would be seventy five. I

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<v Speaker 2>would be nineteen twenty years old.

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<v Speaker 1>Then, yeah, that's really young. So we're just.

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<v Speaker 2>Knee knocking terror, just absolute terror. I had no idea

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<v Speaker 2>if I had any business even trying this, and well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like it would be like doing well, like

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<v Speaker 2>a cliff dive in Acapulco or something. You know those

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<v Speaker 2>guys they dive, They wait for the water to come

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<v Speaker 2>in at the right time and then they dive. That's

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<v Speaker 2>what it felt like. So in my last special on Netflix,

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<v Speaker 2>twenty three Hours to Kill, it starts with me jumping

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<v Speaker 2>out of a helicopter over the Hudson in New York City.

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<v Speaker 1>That's where you do the dive.

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<v Speaker 2>And it's because that's what it felt like to go

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<v Speaker 2>into comedy. It felt like jumping out of a helicopter

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<v Speaker 2>and I had no idea what was in that river?

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<v Speaker 2>I just jumped.

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<v Speaker 1>And what do you remember from your first gig? Do

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<v Speaker 1>you ever still think about that, that first gig where

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<v Speaker 1>it all started?

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<v Speaker 2>I do, Yeah, I think about it.

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<v Speaker 1>What can you remember?

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<v Speaker 2>I remember the quiet? I remember that.

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<v Speaker 1>That would that would stay with you, that memory with it.

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<v Speaker 1>The silence.

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<v Speaker 2>You really it's really quiet up there when they introduce

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<v Speaker 2>you and you get up to the microphone and there's

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<v Speaker 2>not a sound in that room and you realize, oh,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not they're not even in a good mood, let

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<v Speaker 2>alone laughing. The thing that's, you know, gets you along

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<v Speaker 2>is you're around a lot of other people doing the

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<v Speaker 2>same thing, and then you do this and it's not

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<v Speaker 2>very good, and you come off stage and you talk

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<v Speaker 2>to other people who also just had the same experience,

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<v Speaker 2>and now all of a sudden, you're in a club

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<v Speaker 2>with these other people who are having these this you know,

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<v Speaker 2>brutalizing emotional experience and pursuing this absurd dream and being

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<v Speaker 2>in that club, I mean to me, was just that

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<v Speaker 2>that was everything I wanted in life right there. I

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<v Speaker 2>just want to be in the club. You know, people

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<v Speaker 2>say I'm a great comedian, or I'm this, or I'm

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<v Speaker 2>not that great or you know, I don't care what

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<v Speaker 2>people think. I just want to be in the club.

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<v Speaker 1>It's just weird because that still comes across the like

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<v Speaker 1>comedians in cars. You know, you see your absolute joy

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<v Speaker 1>in hanging out with other funny people. And one of

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<v Speaker 1>my favorite episodes is the one with Eddie Murphy where

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<v Speaker 1>you're so reverential to Eddie Murphy. To him, I think

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<v Speaker 1>you called him the special one or the magic one.

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<v Speaker 1>It's amazing how you still bow down to to Eddie Murphy.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you think he's the greatest to ever do it?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh? Yeah, you know. To me, comedy is it's like

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<v Speaker 2>a flavor, you know, like me personally, I love Marin

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<v Speaker 2>Ea sauce. But that doesn't mean it's the world's greatest flavor.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just what I like. That's why they have all

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<v Speaker 2>these different restaurants, will always different foods. Everybody likes something different,

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<v Speaker 2>so everything everything that exists, somebody loves it and somebody

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<v Speaker 2>hates it. So there's no greatest.

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<v Speaker 1>Are you still keeping up some kind of regular writing routine.

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<v Speaker 1>Do you still have a set days or set times?

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<v Speaker 1>Do you?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? I love that. It's like those old surfers. You

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<v Speaker 2>ever see those old surfers that just keep paddling out

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<v Speaker 2>every day. They're all by themselves, they live on some

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<v Speaker 2>island in Hawaii or something. They just paddle out and

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<v Speaker 2>catch some waves. That's what it is for me. It's

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<v Speaker 2>just a daily thing. Let's paddle out and see if

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<v Speaker 2>we can catch some waves.

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<v Speaker 1>And do you sit just down and you see what

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<v Speaker 1>comes up? Or have you got a couple of ideas

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<v Speaker 1>that you're working on? What are you working on at

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<v Speaker 1>the moment, for example, is there a big playing with.

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<v Speaker 2>Tons of ideas. I was just talking to a guy

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<v Speaker 2>before I was talking to you, and he said a

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<v Speaker 2>quick question, and I thought, well, what what is a

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<v Speaker 2>quick question? People say quick question? I don't even know

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<v Speaker 2>what that means. And it was just so sick of

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<v Speaker 2>hearing it. So I'll jot that down. I go, I

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<v Speaker 2>want to do a bit about I'm sick of hearing

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<v Speaker 2>quick question.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, no one ever says long question, do they?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, a long question? Long question?

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<v Speaker 1>Well, listen, Jerry, we're running out of time. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>very much for chating to us. I love the book

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<v Speaker 1>and on behalf of so many people listeners. Thank you

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<v Speaker 1>so much for working so hard at your gift and

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<v Speaker 1>craft you make. You make so many thank hey, pleasure.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, take care, Jerry. Hopefully we can see you

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<v Speaker 1>in the next couple of years again doing stand up.

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<v Speaker 1>You're well, all right, Take care Jerry. Bye.

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<v Speaker 2>I have a good time.